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Brazil: Lula fever hits Bolsonaro stronghold region

Campaigning continues with two weeks remaining for Brazil's election. Frontrunner and former president Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva is maintaining his lead in the polls and is making a final push to get the support needed to win the election in the first round.

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Camila Escalante

Press TV, Curitiba

Lula has returned to the Southern region of Brazil, holding massive back-to-back campaign rallies with reinforced security.

It was in this region, that in 2018, Lula suffered an armed attack on his caravan - the same year he was imprisoned for 580 days in Curitiba.

Workers' Party president Gleisi Hoffmann became emotional, reflecting back on that year when Lula was jailed in a move to bar his candidacy.

Polls show that the region continues to be a stronghold for Jair Bolsonaro, however, the incumbent faces fierce opposition, mainly as a result of what is perceived as Bolsonaro’s failed policies.

With just two weeks for the vote, the slogan out here is "Lula in one round."